The China Fund

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05749

 

 

THE CHINA FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

c/o STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

ONE LINCOLN STREET

P.O. BOX 5049

BOSTON, MA 02206-5049

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)   Copy to:

Brian F. Link

Secretary

The China Fund, Inc.

4 Copley Place, 5th Floor

CPH-0326

Boston, MA 02116

 

Leonard B. Mackey, Jr., Esq.

Clifford Chance U.S. LLP

31 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019-6131

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 246-2255

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2014

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


THE CHINA FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

July 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Name of Issuer and Title of Issue

   Shares      Value (Note A)  

COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS

     

HONG KONG

     

Commercial Services & Supplies — (1.6%)

     

China Everbright International, Ltd. (2)

     4,736,000       $ 6,379,809   
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment — (0.9%)

     

Comba Telecom Systems Holdings, Ltd. *(2)

     11,150,000         3,625,525   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — (3.3%)

     

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd.

     576,300         12,923,909   
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — (2.3%)

     

Digital China Holdings, Ltd. †(2)

     8,865,000         8,761,995   
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates — (6.8%)

     

Beijing Enterprises Holdings, Ltd.

     1,683,500         14,716,953   

Hutchison Whampoa, Ltd.

     839,000         11,486,107   
     

 

 

 
        26,203,060   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services — (2.7%)

     

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.

     625,500         10,354,985   
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining — (1.0%)

     

Tiangong International Co., Ltd. (2)

     18,480,000         4,029,806   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — (1.9%)

     

CNOOC, Ltd.

     4,105,000         7,341,281   
     

 

 

 

Personal Products — (0.6%)

     

Natural Beauty Bio-Technology, Ltd. #

     47,710,000         2,462,436   
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development — (4.0%)

     

Shui On Land, Ltd. (2)

     13,172,500         3,535,306   

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd.

     788,000         11,977,523   
     

 

 

 
        15,512,829   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — (4.0%)

     

ASM Pacific Technology, Ltd. (2)

     717,000         7,618,654   

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. *(2)

     86,779,000         7,950,025   
     

 

 

 
        15,568,679   
     

 

 

 

See notes to schedule of investments.

 

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THE CHINA FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

July 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Name of Issuer and Title of Issue

   Shares     Value (Note A)  

COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS (continued)

    

HONG KONG (continued)

    

Specialty Retail — (1.0%)

    

Zhongsheng Group Holdings, Ltd. (2)

     2,996,500         $ 3,812,297   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — (3.0%)

    

Li & Fung, Ltd. (2)

     8,538,000           11,435,338   
    

 

 

 

TOTAL HONG KONG — (Cost $126,097,347)

     33.1     128,411,949   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

HONG KONG — “H” SHARES

    

Automobiles — (3.2%)

    

Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd.

     2,108,000           3,780,775   

Qingling Motors Co., Ltd. # †

     28,960,000           8,706,628   
    

 

 

 
       12,487,403   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — (10.1%)

    

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (2)

     4,312,000           8,813,115   

China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. (2)

     21,671,100           22,565,761   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Ltd.

     11,432,000           7,876,966   
    

 

 

 
       39,255,842   
    

 

 

 

Insurance — (2.6%)

    

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (2)

     1,153,500           9,890,269   
    

 

 

 

Machinery — (2.3%)

    

CSR Corp., Ltd. (2)

     9,765,000           8,819,943   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — (4.3%)

    

China Suntien Green Energy Corp., Ltd. †

     12,785,000           3,959,200   

PetroChina Co., Ltd.

     9,564,000           12,562,696   
    

 

 

 
       16,521,896   
    

 

 

 

TOTAL HONG KONG — “H” SHARES — (Cost $80,185,882)

     22.5     86,975,353   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL HONG KONG (INCLUDING “H” SHARES) — (Cost $206,283,229)

     55.6     215,387,302   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TAIWAN

    

Computers & Peripherals — (2.6%)

    

Advantech Co., Ltd.

     632,000           4,962,937   

 

See notes to schedule of investments.

 

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THE CHINA FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

July 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Name of Issuer and Title of Issue

   Shares     Value (Note A)  

COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS (continued)

    

TAIWAN (continued)

    

Computers & Peripherals (continued)

    

Primax Electronics, Ltd.

     3,174,000         $ 4,958,465   
    

 

 

 
       9,921,402   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — (1.8%)

    

Chailease Holding Co., Ltd.

     2,711,200           7,169,115   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — (7.8%)

    

Delta Electronics, Inc.

     1,723,000           11,835,409   

Largan Precision Co., Ltd.

     96,000           7,458,611   

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. †

     2,067,000           10,821,087   
    

 

 

 
       30,115,107   
    

 

 

 

Insurance — (1.0%)

    

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

     2,292,000           3,851,908   
    

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products — (2.6%)

    

Merida Industry Co., Ltd.

     1,260,000           9,936,478   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — (8.6%)

    

Epistar Corp.

     1,812,000           3,987,796   

Hermes Microvision, Inc.

     269,000           10,629,220   

Hermes Microvision, Inc. GDR

     46,900           1,850,440   

MediaTek, Inc.

     283,000           4,425,782   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     3,115,000           12,568,232   
    

 

 

 
       33,461,470   
    

 

 

 

TOTAL TAIWAN — (Cost $68,203,661)

     24.4     94,455,480   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS — (Cost $274,486,890)

     80.0     309,842,782   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES

    

Beverages — (1.7%)

    

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. Access Product (expiration 10/26/15) 144A*(3)

     262,090           6,810,723   
    

 

 

 

 

See notes to schedule of investments.

 

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THE CHINA FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

July 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Name of Issuer and Title of Issue

   Shares     Value (Note A)  

EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES (continued)

    

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — (0.9%)

    

China International Travel Service Corp., Ltd. Access Product (expiration 08/25/15) 144A*(3)

     626,632         $ 3,430,121   
    

 

 

 

Household Durables — (2.3%)

    

Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. Access Product (expiration 01/16/15) 144A*(4)

     1,838,546           9,014,391   
    

 

 

 

Insurance — (1.0%)

    

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. Access Product (expiration 06/30/15) 144A*(3)

     541,933           3,920,723   
    

 

 

 

Personal Products — (1.0%)

    

Shanghai Jahwa United Co., Ltd. Access Product (expiration 01/16/15) 144A*(4)

     193,700           1,112,807   

Shanghai Jahwa United Co., Ltd. Access Product (expiration 06/12/17) 144A(3)

     460,100           2,643,274   
    

 

 

 
       3,756,081   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — (1.0%)

    

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd. Access Product (expiration 01/16/15) 144A(4)

     696,350           3,731,739   
    

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES — (Cost $27,633,345)

     7.9     30,663,778   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIRECT INVESTMENT(5)

    

Food Products — (0.0%)

    

Zong Su Foods (acquired 09/21/10) *^(1) (Cost $15,000,035)

     2,677             
    

 

 

 

COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES ON LOAN — (10.7%)

    

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (Cost $41,334,160)

     41,334,160           41,334,160   
    

 

 

 
     Face Amount        

SHORT TERM INVESTMENT — (0.3%)

    

Repurchase Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust, dated 07/31/14, 0.00%, due 08/1/14, proceeds $1,322,000; collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 08/31/18, valued at $1,350,025. (Cost $1,322,000)

   $ 1,322,000           1,322,000   
    

 

 

 

 

See notes to schedule of investments.

 

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THE CHINA FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

July 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

           Value (Note A)  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS** — (Cost $359,776,430)

     98.9   $ 383,162,720   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

     1.1     4,343,069   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0   $ 387,505,789   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

* Denotes non-income producing security.
^ Security is deemed worthless under fair value procedures established by the Board of Directors.
# Illiquid security.
Affiliated issuer (see Note B).
(1) Security valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Board of Directors.
(2) A portion or all of the security is on loan. As of July 31, 2014, the market value of the securities loaned was $47,165,349.
(3) Equity linked securities issued by Credit Lyonnais (CLSA).
(4) Equity linked securities issued by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings.
(5) Direct investments are generally restricted as to resale and do not have a readily available resale market. On the date of acquisition of the direct investment, there were no market quotations on similar securities, and the investment was therefore valued in good faith by the Board of Directors at fair market value.
** At July 31, 2014, aggregate cost for federal tax purposes was $359,776,430. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $56,865,637 which gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $33,479,347, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of investments of $23,386,290.

144A Securities restricted for resale to Qualified Institutional Buyers in the United States or to non-US persons. At July 31, 2014, these restricted securities amounted to $30,663,778, which represented 7.91% of total net assets.

GDR Global Depositary Receipt

 

See notes to schedule of investments.

 

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NOTE A – Security valuation:

Portfolio securities listed on recognized United States or foreign security exchanges are valued at the last quoted sales price in the principal market where they are traded. Listed securities with no such sales price and unlisted securities are valued at the mean between the current bid and asked prices, if any, from brokers. Short-term investments having maturities of sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost (original purchase cost as adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount) which when combined with accrued interest approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value in good faith by or at the direction of the Board of Directors considering relevant factors, data and information including, if relevant, the market value of freely tradable securities of the same class in the principal market on which such securities are normally traded. Direct Investments are valued at fair value as determined by or at the direction of the Board of Directors based on financial and other information supplied by the Direct Investment Manager regarding each Direct Investment. Forward currency contracts are valued at the current cost of offsetting the contract. Equity linked securities are valued at fair value primarily based on the value(s) of the underlying security (or securities), which normally follows the same methodology as the valuation of securities listed on recognized exchanges.

Factors used in determining fair value may include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the size of the holding, the initial cost of the security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies, the availability of quotations from broker-dealers, the availability of values of third parties other than the Investment Manager or Direct Investment Manager, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (if available), an analysis of the company’s financial statements, an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold and with respect to debt securities, the maturity, coupon, creditworthiness, currency denomination, and the movement of the market in which they trade.

The Fund’s investments in Chinese companies involve certain risks not typically associated with investments in securities of U.S. companies or the U.S. Government, including risks relating to (1) social, economic and political uncertainty; (2) price volatility, lesser liquidity and smaller market capitalization of securities markets in which securities of Chinese companies trade; (3) currency exchange fluctuations, currency blockage and higher rates of inflation; (4) controls on foreign investment and limitations on repatriation of invested capital and on the Fund’s ability to exchange local currencies for U.S. dollars; (5) governmental involvement in and control over the economy; (6) risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets; (7) the nature of the smaller, less seasoned and newly organized Chinese companies, particularly in China; and (8) the absence of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and disclosure requirements and less government supervision and regulation.

Fair Value Measurement

The Fund has adopted fair valuation accounting standards which establish a definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

  Level 1 – Inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;

 

  Level 2 —Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including inputs in markets that are not considered to be active;

 

  Level 3 — Inputs that are unobservable.


The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2014 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

 

ASSETS VALUATION INPUT

                          
Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3     Total  

COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS

          

Automobiles

   $ 12,487,403       $ —         $ —        $ 12,487,403   

Commercial Banks

     39,255,842         —           —          39,255,842   

Commercial Services & Supplies

     6,379,809         —           —          6,379,809   

Communications Equipment

     3,625,525         —           —          3,625,525   

Computers & Peripherals

     9,921,402         —           —          9,921,402   

Diversified Financial Services

     20,093,024         —           —          20,093,024   

Electronic Equipment & Instruments

     38,877,102         —           —          38,877,102   

Industrial Conglomerates

     26,203,060         —           —          26,203,060   

Insurance

     13,742,177         —           —          13,742,177   

Internet Software & Services

     10,354,985         —           —          10,354,985   

Leisure Equipment & Products

     9,936,478         —           —          9,936,478   

Machinery

     8,819,943         —           —          8,819,943   

Metals & Mining

     4,029,806         —           —          4,029,806   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     23,863,177         —           —          23,863,177   

Personal Products

     2,462,436         —           —          2,462,436   

Real Estate Management & Development

     15,512,829         —           —          15,512,829   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     49,030,149         —           —          49,030,149   

Specialty Retail

     3,812,297         —           —          3,812,297   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     11,435,338         —           —          11,435,338   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS

     309,842,782         —           —          309,842,782   

EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES

          

Beverages

     —           6,810,723         —          6,810,723   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     —           3,430,121         —          3,430,121   

Household Durables

     —           9,014,391         —          9,014,391   

Insurance

     —           3,920,723         —          3,920,723   

Personal Products

     —           3,756,081         —          3,756,081   

Pharmaceuticals

     —           3,731,739         —          3,731,739   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES

     —           30,663,778         —          30,663,778   

DIRECT INVESTMENT

          

Food Products

     —           —           —       —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES ON LOAN

     41,334,160         —           —          41,334,160   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHORT TERM INVESTMENT

     —           1,322,000         —          1,322,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 351,176,942       $ 31,985,778       $ —        $ 383,162,720   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Security is deemed worthless under fair value procedures established by the Board of Directors.

The Fund’s policy is to disclose transfers between levels based on valuations at the end of the reporting period. As of July 31, 2014, there were no transfers between Level 1, 2 or 3.

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the Fund during the nine months ended July 31, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities

  Balance as of
October 31,
2013
    Purchases     Sales     Realized
Gain/(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Transfers in to
Level 3
    Transfers out of
Level 3
    Balance as of
July 31, 2014
    Change in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) from
Investments Held at
July 31, 2014
 

COMMON STOCK AND OTHER EQUITY INTERESTS

                 

Commercial Services & Supplies

  $ 1,119,908      $ —        ($ 1,727,606   ($ 6,246,477   $ 6,854,175      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DIRECT INVESTMENTS

                 

Food Products

    —       —          —          —          —          —          —          —  ^        —     

Health Care Providers & Services

    6,007,700        —          (7,509,916     (1,162     1,503,378        —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 7,127,608      $ —        ($ 9,237,522   ($ 6,247,639   $ 8,357,553      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Security is deemed worthless under fair value procedures established by the Board of Directors.

Direct Investments: The Fund may invest up to 25% of the net proceeds from its offering of its outstanding common stock in direct investments; however, the Board of Directors of the Fund has suspended additional investments in direct investments. Direct investments are generally restricted and do not have a readily available resale market. Because of the absence of any public trading market for these investments, the Fund may take longer to liquidate these positions than would be the case for publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices on


these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Fund. Issuers whose securities are not publicly traded may not be subject to public disclosure and other investor protections requirements applicable to publicly traded securities. The value of these securities at July 31, 2014 was $0 or 0.0% of the Fund’s net assets. The table below details the acquisition date, cost, and value of the Fund’s direct investments as determined by the Board of Directors of the Fund. The Fund does not have the right to demand that such securities be registered.

 

Security

   Acquisition Date(s)      Cost      Value  

Zong Su Foods

     09/21/2010       $ 15,000,035       $ —     

NOTE B – INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONTROLLED AFFILIATES*:

 

Name of Issuer

  Balance of
Shares/Par
Held
October 31,
2013
    Gross
Purchases
and
Additions
    Gross
Sales
and
Reductions
    Balance of
Shares/Par
Held
July 31,
2014
    Value
July 31,
2014
    Income
From
Non-
Controlled
Affiliates
    Gain/Loss
Realized on
Sale of
Shares as
of
July 31,
2014
 

Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy Co., Ltd.

    —          6,244,000        6,244,000        —        $ —        $ 39,571      $ (781,349

China Everbright International, Ltd.(1)

    24,687,000        734,000        20,685,000        4,736,000        6,379,809        25,809        17,356,376   

China Suntien Green Energy Corp., Ltd.

    3,731,000        9,054,000        —          12,785,000        3,959,200        85,800        —     

Digital China Holdings, Ltd.

    7,256,000        1,609,000        —          8,865,000        8,761,995        203,536        —     

Qingling Motors Co., Ltd.

    28,960,000        —          —          28,960,000        8,706,628        558,573        —     

Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd.

    1,203,000        864,000        —          2,067,000        10,821,087        385,988        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    65,837,000        18,505,000        26,929,000        57,413,000      $ 38,628,719      $ 1,299,277      $ 16,575,027   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Affiliated issuers, as defined in the 1940 Act as amended, include issuers in which the Fund held 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities.
(1) Not affiliated as of July 31, 2014.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

The certification required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is attached as an exhibit to this filing.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

THE CHINA FUND, INC.
By:  
 

/s/ Joseph S. Quirk

 

Joseph S. Quirk

 

President of The China Fund, Inc.

Date:  

September 24, 2014

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  
 

/s/ Joseph S. Quirk

  Joseph S. Quirk
  President of The China Fund, Inc.

Date:

  September 24, 2014

 

By:

 
 

/s/ Laura F. Dell

  Laura F. Dell
  Treasurer of The China Fund, Inc.

Date:

  September 24, 2014